Other Organizations

Highway to Healing provides an information package full of other related services that are available to all families we fund, as well as any families in need that are outside of our scope. Please contact us if you know of another organization that we could add to our list.

Ronald MacDonald House – Provides accommodation for seriously ill children and their families when they must travel to Vancouver for their child’s major treatment. Phone Toll Free: 1-855-451-6703.Website

Easter Seals House – The house has 49 self-contained rooms with laundry and lounge facilities and secured underground parking. Please note: reservations can be made by phone only. By reservation only: 1-800-818-3666Website

Transportation

Okanagan Health Connections – Provides access to non-emergency medical appointments. There is a regularly scheduled bus route from Osoyoos to Kelowna as well as HandyDART service. South Okanagan Transit System: Phone 250 495-8053Website

Hope Air – Will arrange free flights for Canadians who are in financial need and must travel to healthcare. Phone Toll Free: 1-877-346-HOPE (4673).Website

Air Canada Kids’ Horizons – Helping sick children to reach medical care not available in their community. Contact Children’s Hospital to inquire about the Air Canada Kids’ Horizons Hospital Transportation program. Call Toll-free: 1-888-300-3088Website

Air Canada Foundation Hospital Transportation Program – Provides Aeroplan miles to Children’s Hospital, giving children and their parents access to advanced medical treatments in centres unavailable in their community.Website

Travel Assistance Program (TAP) – available to eligible B.C. residents who are required to travel outside their home community to obtain non-emergency, physician-referred specialist medical care. Relates to ferries, train and bus fares only but does not include all transportation companies.Website

Canada Revenue Agency – Claiming travel expense on your income tax.If you had to travel at least 40 kilometres (one way) from your home to obtain medical services, you may be able to claim the public transportation expenses you paid (for example, taxis, bus, or train) as medical expenses. Where public transportation is not readily available, you may be able to claim vehicle expenses. If you had to travel at least 80 kilometres (one way) from your home to obtain medical services, you may be able to claim accommodation, meal, and parking expenses in addition to your transportation expenses as medical expenses.Website

Give a Mile – A non profit organization that helps people travel to see family members if they have a life threatening condition or are at the end of life. They can fly people anywhere to see a family member.Website

Miscellaneous Assistance

Canuck Place – A children’s hospice in Vancouver that cares for children with terminal diagnoses and their families.Website

Lions Club – Patient Care Grants cover some of the costs of therapeutic equipment and prosthetics as well as transportation and accommodations to Easter Seals House. Phone toll-free to 1-800-818-4484Website

Labatt Better Together – Labatt Better Together makes a positive impact on Canadian communities by providing basic essentials and other support services to improve the quality of life of individuals and families in need.Website

Medical Services Plan Premium Assistance – If your annual family income is less than $30,000, you may be eligible for a reduction in your monthly premiums.Website

Medical Services Plan Temporary Premium Assistance – Temporary Premium Assistance (TPA) is a program offered to residents of British Columbia who are unable to pay Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums due to a recent unexpected event causing financial hardship (for example: illness, disability or unemployment due to job loss).Website

Cops for Kids – Committed to assisting children that are in medical, physical or traumatic crisis.Website

The David Foster Foundation – A non-profit charitable organization dedicated to providing financial support for non-medical expenses to Canadian families with children in need of life-saving organ transplants.Website

Elks and Royal Purple – provide financial assistance for any purpose that is for the good and welfare of a person prior to attaining his/her 19th birthday and addressing the needs of children with hearing and speech disorders.Website

First Nations – Travel assistance may be available through First Nations & Inuit Health Program through Health Canada.Website

Healthy Kids Program – Helps low-income families with costs associated with basic dental care and prescription glasses for their children. Dependent children under 19 years of age, in families approved for premium assistance by the Medical Services Plan (MSP) through the Ministry of Health, are automatically registered with the Healthy Kids Program.Website

Let’s Play BC – Aims to give disabled children means to become physically active, enjoy exercise, and make friends.Website

Crowdfunding – The practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people, typically via the internet.Information